Emotions

For some of us, feeling confident when dealing with powerful people just doesn’t happen. The fear, the paralysis can be so strong that even finding words is a struggle. This also has...

Having your own back as a survivor is not without its challenges. WE are conditioned from the time our abuse began, to put our needs last and not value what our...

If you talk to the average person about proud moments in their lives, chances are they could probably list a few. Part of being human you would have thought, the...

It's almost impossible to be visible when a key part of our existence has been hiding in the dark. Being a survivor of child sexual abuse means that we become...

Feeling disappointed and then accepting it is one of life’s many challenges. Commonly appearing as a person letting us down, or something we hadn’t anticipated, disappointment is part of who we...

I love everything about this: The words itself, thought of it, and the impact it has.I know when I’ve been in the company of it, because I feel humbled somehow...

Sometimes for survivors, Xmas can feel traumatic, anxiety provoking and a sense of dread can descend. I know that for some of us, the worst of experiences occurred over this timeframe. 

Out of all the impacts Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) has on us, I think it is shame that has the most to answer for. It is after all Shame that keeps...

Because what happened to us was wrong, it changed everything and we stopped feeling normal, or what had felt normal to us.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that can develop in people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event.

Although it's widely known as a process of disconnecting from one's thoughts and feelings I think Dissociation is way bigger than that. Depending on how your life has been it may...

Clarity takes me straight to an image of standing in the sparkling blue ocean and seeing my feet very clearly all the way to the bottom. ​Sometimes clarity is unavailable to...